Episodes
Saturday Sep 17, 2022
Whiskey Rebellion 218: A New Constitutional Convention?
Saturday Sep 17, 2022
Saturday Sep 17, 2022
Frank and David discuss the possibility of another constitutional convention.
Last Drops
Friday Sep 09, 2022
Whiskey Rebellion 217: Lost in the Library
Friday Sep 09, 2022
Friday Sep 09, 2022
Libraries have become the most recent front in the culture wars. Frank and David discuss the history of American libraries.
Last Drops
Frank: NYT on a new Constitutional Convention
David: new AP African American Studies
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Whiskey Rebellion 216: Missing, Lost, and Stolen Documents
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Frank and David discuss missing, lost, and stolen documents in American history.
Last Drops
Frank: FBI and Civil War gold
Friday Aug 12, 2022
Whiskey Rebellion 215: Summer 2022 News Roundup
Friday Aug 12, 2022
Friday Aug 12, 2022
Back from our summer holiday break, Frank and David try to put recent news into historical context, including the Kansas abortion referendum, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago.
Last Drops
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
Whiskey Rebellion 214: Summer Vacation
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
Frank and David discuss the history of summer vacation, including school break, summer camps, road trips, and summer jobs.
Last Drops
David: Congrats to Edinburgh graduates
Frank: solidarity with tour guides at Monticello
We'll be taking our own summer break for a few weeks. Episodes will return in August!
Saturday Jul 09, 2022
Whiskey Rebellion 213: Break the History Addiction
Saturday Jul 09, 2022
Saturday Jul 09, 2022
Frank and David discuss David Armitage's op-ed "Break the History Addiction."
Last Drops
Frank: Live Whiskey Rebellion show in August
David: Georgia Guidestone's mystery
Friday Jul 01, 2022
Whiskey Rebellion 212: Credibility Crisis
Friday Jul 01, 2022
Friday Jul 01, 2022
Recent polling indicates that confidence in the Supreme Court is at a record low. Frank and David discuss the issue of credibility for the Supreme Court and American institutions more broadly.
Last Drops
Frank: Peter Waddell paintings of White House history
David: Nursing Clio's Reproduction History Syllabus
Wednesday Jun 22, 2022
Whiskey Rebellion 211: Father’s Day
Wednesday Jun 22, 2022
Wednesday Jun 22, 2022
Frank and David discuss the history of Father's Day.
Last Drops
Frank: Darren Walker's Juneteenth talk at Monticello
David: Maybelle Blair's coming out
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
Whiskey Rebellion 210: Gun Laws
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
Frank and David discuss the history of gun legislation.
Last Drops
Frank: Privatizing Presidential libraries
David: new opera on Omar Ibn Said
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Whiskey Rebellion 209: The Great Replacement
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Frank and David discuss the "Great Replacement", a white supremacist conspiracy that has become common-place on right-wing media and has motivated violence in the United States and around the globe.
Last Drops
David: Last phone booth in NYC
Frank: 200th anniversary of Union Canal